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"you and I may understand [the importance of design], it doesn’t mean others do. Especially when they can point out success everywhere around them that goes aga
by tomelders 15y ago
"you and I may understand [the importance of design], it doesn’t mean others do. Especially when they can point out success everywhere around them that goes against what we believe in."
That's a great point. I think the article ignores a lot and may even be a textbook example of confirmation bias, and I don't think the author understands what good designers do, or more worryingly, why an off the shelf theme couldn't have worked for say, Facebook or Google Maps.
But that one point above is worth taking away, and something designers should think long and hard about.
My own personal opinion is that you can't polish a turd. But when you polish a diamond, it's makes quartz look like shit.
Full disclosure: I'm a designer.
- tptacek 15y agoAs an entrepreneur, I do not necessarily see it as a win when you imply that part of your life's goal is to convince otherwise contented users that I need to spend more money on typography.
- tomelders 15y agono one is saying that, at least, I'm not saying that. If you're happy with what you have then good for you. If you want to look at ways to increase a sites performance, then you'd do well (amongst other things) to have a designer lend you a hand. But the choice is always yours. Since you brought it up though; If you understand typography, you understand why it's important. You could take every other design embellishment out of any design and Typography would still be able to do most, if not all of the heavy lifting. But I'll stress the point lest I be accused of forcing this opinion down your throat: No one is forcing you to adopt a designers viewpoint, and I'm not saying you're wrong if you don't.